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Labor & Employment

With one of the most robust labor & employment practices in the Northeast, we provide clients with practical, business-savvy advice, skilled litigation services, and valuable compliance training. We regularly counsel clients on difficult wage and hour issues, restrictive covenants, hiring, firing and disciplinary issues. Our attorneys also have tremendous depth of litigation experience, having represented clients in numerous trials, class actions and administrative proceedings. We also regularly provide training to our clients on sexual harassment prevention, fair employment practices and best practices for supervisors.

Smart, practical, and goal-directed strategies.

Employees are a company’s most valuable resource. When challenges arise, our team has the ability to provide practical advice and resolutions. We work closely with our clients in order to understand their specific goals and concerns, allowing us to achieve positive results in a time-efficient manner.

We provide representation in labor and employment matters before regulatory bodies, hearings and trials, including safety audits, union matters, class-action litigation, and discrimination cases. In addition, we provide counseling and litigation services for all aspects of the employment relationship, including:

Wage and hour issues

Non-compete, non-solicitation, and non-disclosure agreements

Disciplinary issues and terminations

Layoffs and wide-scale reductions-in-force

Union organizing and labor-management relations

Harassment and discrimination investigations and litigation

We have tremendous depth of experience in the following areas:

Wage and Hour

Defending wage and hour lawsuits, including class action lawsuits

Proper classification of employees as “exempt” or “non-exempt”

Overtime compliance

Independent contractor classification

Payroll records

Lawful and unlawful deductions from wages

Dept. of Labor audits

Audits by state agencies

Non-Compete Agreements

Representing former employees and new employers against lawsuits for alleged breach of non-compete, non-solicitation, and non-disclosure agreements